- NOTE: There will not be a Shoestring Living column by Molly Logan Anderson next week. If you need a substitute, consider rerunning one of her old columns: http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/shoestring_living

ON GHNEWSROOM.COM

WAKE UP CALL: Will schools accept new words?
http://www.ghnewsroom.com/top%20stories/x933295014/Fridays-Wake-Up-Call-Will-schools-accept-new-words-in-dictionary

BEST OF: GateHouse newspapers’ best of the week.
http://jeanhodges.ghnewsroom.com/2011/03/25/jean-hodges-best-week-ending-march-25-2011-gatehouse-papers

APRIL FAMILY: With features on getting the most miles out of the family car, dog obedience training and recycling old electronics
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/ghns_pages/x698034237/April-2011-Family-magazine

LIFESTYLES

EASTER SECTION: Check out our section of Easter and Lent content. We’ll update it as content comes in. If your paper has something of national relevance, please submit it to us in Zope or email it to national@gatehousemedia.com.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/holidays_seasonal/easter

TASTE OF TRAVEL: Viva Miami - There’s nothing like the rest and relaxation you get when you head to a tropical escape. But, then again, there are travelers who get revved up for an adventure in a big city. So, whether you decide to book your stay at a luxury villa or towering suite, Miami is a great option. By Charlene Peters, Marblehead, Mass.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x65588691/Taste-of-Travel-Viva-Miami

LOOKING UP: Waiting for the next supernova - One of these days we might see a supernova. It might seem more correct to say “one of these nights,” but a star exploding in our galaxy as a supernova would easily be so bright it would be seen in a blue daytime sky, outshining any star or planet in the night sky. By Peter Becker, Hawley, Pa.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1190294005/Looking-Up-Waiting-for-the-next-supernova

DIANA BOGGIA: Your baby's development, 6 to 12 months - By 6 months, your baby will begin to learn that he can attract attention by expressing his needs, wants and interests. He has learned that when he cries, someone will come. He will explore with both his eyes and his hands. He will begin to show genuine affection toward his primary caregiver. You may notice that stranger anxiety is evident around 8 months, but it will pass. By Diana Boggia, Canton, Ohio.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/family/x911070579/Diana-Boggia-Your-babys-development-6-to-12-months

WOOD ON WORDS: Quotes the famous never said - Yogi Berra, a member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, also has had a stellar career as the sport’s most frequently quoted player. He has a special way with words, illustrated in the subtitle of “The Yogi Book,” published in 1998. By Barry Wood, Rockford, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/barry_wood/x911072008/Wood-on-Words-Quotes-the-famous-never-said

ELIZABETH DAVIES: Baby's passing teaches lesson - Realistically, I shouldn’t have learned anything from Reese. She couldn’t talk. She never learned to walk. What could she begin to teach me? By Elizabeth Davies, Rockford, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/columnists/elizabeth_davies/x1608495021/Elizabeth-Davies-Babys-passing-teaches-lesson

SUZETTE STANDRING: Japan – suffering with grace and dignity - Japan’s northeast coast looks like the end of the world, a place reduced to rubble and debris by triple tragedies: earthquakes, tsunami and radioactive danger. Yet its survivors remain gentle but stoic. In contrast, impatience, making demands, even looting under duress would seem “only natural” to Westerners. By Suzette Martinez Standring, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x713431762/Suzette-Martinez-Standring-Japan-suffering-with-grace-and-dignity

KENT BUSH: Make church feel inclusive -- I just wish we did a better job of making the church feel inclusive of more people and less like a selective country club with special dress jackets and secret handshakes. Augusta Gazette (Kan.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x1234547065/Kent-Bush-Make-church-feel-inclusive

MONOGAMY REVIEW: Movie review: ‘Monogamy’ has commitment issues - Director Dana Adam Shapiro makes a less-than-smooth transition from documentaries to feature films with “Monogamy,” a monotonous slog about sex and commitment that grows so flaccid not even Viagra can save it. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/movies/x796068900/Movie-review-Monogamy-has-commitment-issues

SUCKER PUNCH FEATURE: 'Sucker Punch' director Synder unleashes girls, guns, mayhem -- Zack Snyder is buzzed. The director of the epic action films “300” and “Watchmen” sort of power-walks into the Los Angeles hotel room where he smoothly slides into a chair to discuss his newest exercise in excess, “Sucker Punch.” Ed Symkus/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1608495288/Sucker-Punch-director-Synder-unleashes-girls-guns-mayhem
* Poll idea: Have you seen this movie? Do you recommend it to others?

SUCKER PUNCH REVIEW: These ladies can really land a ‘Sucker Punch’ -- Among the many questions aimed at the newest visual and aural extravaganza from Zack Snyder (“Watchmen,” “300”), a major one will be about its coherency –– or the lack of it –– but that’s going to be up to each individual viewer. Ed Symkus/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x796069020/Movie-review-These-ladies-can-really-land-a-Sucker-Punch

WIMPY KID REVIEW: ‘Rodrick Rules’ offers dorky laughs -- The film, like the series of books on which it is based, is made for 8- to 12-year-old-boys, or thereabouts. While neither boy is a typical role model, kids enjoy watching them. They make bad decisions and can even be troublemakers, but most of their actions are played for laughs. Dana Barbuto/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1608495559/Movie-review-Rodrick-Rules-offers-dorky-laughs

* Poll idea: Have you seen this movie? Would you recommend it to others?

MUSIC SCENE: Over the Rhine finally getting deserved attention -- With 14 albums and 20 years making music, the husband-and-wife duo known as Over the Rhine –– Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist –– is hardly an overnight success story. Jay N. Miller/ Patriot Ledger (Mass.)
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/x1608495637/Music-Scene-Over-the-Rhine-finally-getting-deserved-attention

ALEX SHAFFER: Alex Shaffer goes from the mat to the movies - To say the acting bug has bitten Alex Shaffer is a bit of an understatement. Only a year ago he was a 119-pound state wrestling champion from New Jersey. Now, 12 months later, he’s on a whirlwind tour of the United States and Canada promoting his first movie, a wrestling picture titled “Win Win,” in which he plays – what else? – a high school wrestling phenom. By Al Alexander, The Patriot Ledger.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment/movies/x1608495572/Alex-Shaffer-goes-from-the-mat-to-the-movies

NEW SUDOKU: Sudoku puzzles for April - 1009-1036 – are now available. Previous puzzles are linked to in this file.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/puzzles/x1315190668/Sudoku-puzzles-1009-1036-April-puzzles

More in entertainment at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/entertainment

BILL MOYERS AND MICHAEL WINSHIP: The NPR saga continues - Last week, following a number of missteps by NPR executives, the House passed a bill cutting off government funding for NPR — all of this part of the ongoing vanity project that House Republicans have been running, instead of generating jobs, in order to feed red meat to Fox News and the partisan talk radio hosts who have turned the public airwaves into a right-wing romper room. By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Messenger Post.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x337038638/Bill-Moyers-and-Michael-Winship-The-NPR-saga-continues

JARED OLAR: Capture the Rustock hackers -- Unlike this failed hacker, the Rustock gang is deadly serious about its criminal enterprise, committing all kinds of malfeasance, from counterfeiting software or medications to identity theft. Pekin (Ill.) Daily Times
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business/x1405308886/Jared-Olar-Capture-the-Rustock-hackers

More columns and cartoons at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions

BUSINESS

ERIC P. BLOOM: Organizational change - Companies change for many reasons. Some organizational change is self-induced, meaning the company management has made the decision to strategically move in a specified direction. Sometimes however, change is forced upon a company in order to survive. By Eric P. Bloom, GHNS columnist.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/features/x713426135/Eric-P-Bloom-Organizational-change

More in auto and business at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/news/business

OUTDOORS

GEORGE LITTLE: Invest time now before getting a hunting dog - You can have a friend and companion for years to come if you think it through now. By George Little, Springfield, Ill.
http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/x911070641/George-Little-Invest-time-now-before-getting-a-hunting-dog

Find more outdoors content at http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/sports/outdoors

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